Amos F. Barnes Letters

Letter describing Barnes' trip across the mountains from
Cumberland, including his illness and conditions aboard the stage, November 26, 1848

Letter from Louisville as Barnes waits to board the
steamship Mohegan for passage to New Orleans,
November 29, 1848

Letter from New Orleans with detailed description of the
river journey aboard the steamship General
Lafayette, which replaced the disabled Mohegan, December 8, 1848

Letter from New Orleans describing the city as "a
miserable dirty hole" and expressing Barnes' strong desire to return home to
his family and friends. Includes mention of business and social affairs, as
well as the menace of cholera, December 17, 1848

Letter to Amos Barnes from his niece, Mary, and his wife,
Nancy, describing life in Connecticut, December 19, 1848